Nancy Sinatra - Biography

Last Editor: natduff95				Nancy Sinatra Biography -   Name : Nancy Sinatra Profession : Singer/Actress Birth Details : June 8, 1940, in Jersey City, New Jersey Origin : Jersey City, New Jersey, United States Occupations : Singer Actress Instruments : Vocals Years active : 1961 - Present Associated acts : Frank Sinatra Lee Hazlewood Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Nancy Sinatra Trivia -

Daughter of Frank Sinatra and Nancy Barbato Sister of Tina Sinatra and Frank Sinatra Jr.. Mother of A.J. Lambert and photographer Amanda Lambert Phil Silvers wrote the lyrics to the Jimmy Van Heusen song "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" for Nancy Sinatra in honor of her 4th birthday Began her singing career in 1965 after she divorced Tommy Sands. Actor James Darren is the godfather of her daughter A.J. Lambert. Had 24 Billboard hits. Her most famous songs are 'These Boots Are Made for Walkin',' 'How Does That Grab You, Darlin'?' 'You Only Live Twice,' 'Sugar Town,' 'Lightning's Girl,' 'Some Velvet Morning,' 'Lady Bird,' 'Somethin' Stupid,' 'Love Eyes,' 'Did You Ever?' and 'The Highway Song,' as well as cult songs 'Bang Bang,' 'Kinky Love,' 'Hook and Ladder' and 'Flowers in the Rain.' Sinatra also has two Adult Contemporary chart favorites, 'Happy,' and the hard-to-find 'How Are Things in California?' Released a disco single in 1976 called Kinky Love, on Private Stock. The song's suggestive lyrics made the song unplayable to radio waves, and was only heard every so often in underground of the late 70's. It first gained resurrection when in the early 1990's, The Pail Saints covered the song for an album, but really rose attention when Nancy herself included on a 1998 compilation of rare and unreleased tracks called "Sheet Music." Today, the song is widely recognized as a cult hit of Sinatra's (being the talk of different places on the Internet), and original copies of the single [Private Stock 075] is a sought-after collectors item; rarely ever seen at all. Some copies sell for over $1,000 dollars. Her first hit record, "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'", became popular partly due to the prominent bass guitar riff played throughout the song. That riff was played by Chuck Berghofer, with Carol Kaye on rhythm guitar. Both are of the legendary Wrecking Crew. Former stepdaughter of Ava Gardner, Mia Farrow, and Barbara Marx. Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame [May 11, 2006]. Performed "Somethin' Stupid" with brother Frank Sinatra Jr. on "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" (1967). Nancy and father Frank Sinatra had just had a number 1 hit with the song in the US and the UK, the only father-daughter duet ever to top the charts. [April 30, 1967] She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. First American to perform the opening credits song to a James Bond film (You Only Live Twice, 1967).

Nancy Sinatra Detailed Biography -

Nancy Sandra Sinatra Jr (born June 8, 1940, in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American singer and actress. She is the daughter of the legendary singer Frank Sinatra and his first wife Nancy Barbato. She began her career as a singer and actress in the early 1960s, initially with little success. In 1960, she married "teen idol" Tommy Sands but divorced him in 1965. Her career peaked in the late 1960s with a string of pop music hits. Her best-known hit, "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" — which popularized and made her synonymous with Go-Go boots — was written by Lee Hazlewood and included session drummer Hal Blaine and guitarist Billy Strange on the recording — as did most of her other hits. "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" and the music video featuring shapely, young women in tight sweaters, go-go boots and mini-skirts is considered a classic example of high camp. Other well-known hits included, "How Does That Grab You, Darlin'?," the follow-up to "Boots," "Sugar Town," "Lightning's Girl," "Love Eyes," the title song for the James Bond film You Only Live Twice (and the theme for the spy spoof The Last of the Secret Agents), "Somethin' Stupid", a duet with her father, and a series of duets with Lee Hazlewood, including "Some Velvet Morning", "Summer Wine," and "Jackson." Her album, "Sugar," released in late 1966, was banned in Boston due to its cover image of Sinatra in a bikini. "These Boots" has been covered by many artists such as Geri Halliwell, Dave Mustaine's Megadeth, Jessica Simpson, Lil' Kim, Little Birdy, Billy Ray Cyrus, and KMFDM. Nancy also co-starred in a number of films, including Roger Corman's The Wild Angels with Peter Fonda and Bruce Dern, and Speedway with Elvis Presley, made guest appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, and starred in a number of television specials, most notable among them the 1967 Emmy Award-winning special Movin' with Nancy, in which she appeared with her father and his Rat Pack pals Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr.. In the 1970s, she slowed down her musical activity and ceased acting in order to concentrate on being a wife and mother. She returned to the studio in 1981 to record a country album with Mel Tillis called, "Mel & Nancy." On the cover of Playboy, May 1995 At the age of 54, she posed for Playboy in their May 1995 issue, released a new CD, One More Time, and made guest appearances on TV shows to promote the new material. The Playboy appearance caused a great deal of controversy and some complaints from her family. The pictorial was quite explicit with Nancy even showing pubic hair. Her father Frank reportedly became furious when someone told him that he had, "seen your daughter's pussy." She has written two biographies about her father, Frank Sinatra: My Father and Frank Sinatra, An American Legend. Nancy Sinatra on the cover of the soundtrack to Movin' with Nancy In 2003, one of her songs, a cover of the Sonny Bono-penned hit, "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)") was used in the Quentin Tarantino film Kill Bill: Vol. One. In 2005, the same song was sampled separately by the Audio Bullys and Radio Slave into dance tracks (renamed into "Shot You Down" and "Bang Bang", respectively) and by a song entitled "Bang Bang" by hip-hop artist Young Buck. Taking her father's advice when she began her recording career ("Own your own masters"), she owns or holds an interest in most of her material, including videos. In 2004, she collaborated with Morrissey, recording a version of his top-ten hit, "Let Me Kiss You," which was featured on her eponymous album released in the fall of that year. Nancy Sinatra will receive her own star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame in May 2006.